A link about a Tornado in Free State popped up in my news feed on Twitter (obviously I had to check it out) and it lead me to the You Magazine fan page. I know we don’t usually post stuff like this but it’s a TORNADO! It was seen tearing through Ficksburg in Free State a couple of hours ago… That’s just a little too crazy… If anyone has any more pictures, please send them to crew@mycitybynight.co.za

Check out the following article on IrishWeatherOnline for more information: (click here)

Hundreds of homes were destroyed on Sunday afternoon when a tornado tore through a town in South Africa, emergency officials said. At least one person has been killed.

The tornado affected Ficksburg in Free State province, but the extent of the damage was not immediately known.

“Reports from Ficksburg indicate that a tornado has swept through the town leaving more than 1,000 houses destroyed,” said Chris Botha, a spokesman for Netcare 911

samedi 1 octobre 2011

Watches

Hurricane Ophelia is forecast to track close to the southeastern portion of Newfoundland Monday morning with a possibility of tropical storm conditions.

A tropical storm watch means that a tropical storm or an incipient tropical storm condition poses a possible threat to the specified areas within 36 hours.

Given the close range of hurricane Ophelia's track to the Avalon Peninsula Monday morning, a tropical storm watch is being issued by the Canadian Hurricane Centre for that region. This means that there is a possibility of tropical storm force winds (60 gusting to 90 km/h) from Ophelia.